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HARTFORD — A Groton man was sentenced to 77 months in prison by a federal judge for dealing cocaine. Juan G. Cheverez, 33, also faces four years of supervised released. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine in March of last year. Cheverez's arrest was part of an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Secret Service and New London Police Department into trafficking of heroin and cocaine from the Dominican Republic and Cuba, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. Cheverez received large quantities of cocaine in the mailed from a man in Puerto Rico, according to authorities and then...

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